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... remarkable that during the second Punic war we do not read of the employment of field artillery by either party , although Alexander the Great used balistæ at the battle of the Granicus 100 years before . The organisation of the Greek ...
... remarkable that during the second Punic war we do not read of the employment of field artillery by either party , although Alexander the Great used balistæ at the battle of the Granicus 100 years before . The organisation of the Greek ...
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... remarkable instance of military incapacity . In war it is an axiom that every possible chance should be enlisted on your side . But the generalship of Sem- pronius arrayed every chance against him . Instead of leading into action men ...
... remarkable instance of military incapacity . In war it is an axiom that every possible chance should be enlisted on your side . But the generalship of Sem- pronius arrayed every chance against him . Instead of leading into action men ...
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... remarkable man , far in advance of his time , of high principle , and of great public virtue . Seventeen years before the period of which we now speak he was chosen one of the tribunes of the people , and in that capacity carried an ...
... remarkable man , far in advance of his time , of high principle , and of great public virtue . Seventeen years before the period of which we now speak he was chosen one of the tribunes of the people , and in that capacity carried an ...
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... remarkable man , as is shown by the estima- tion in which he was held even by his political enemies notwithstanding the disaster of Cannæ , so that some writers relate that he was offered the dictatorship imme- diately thereafter by the ...
... remarkable man , as is shown by the estima- tion in which he was held even by his political enemies notwithstanding the disaster of Cannæ , so that some writers relate that he was offered the dictatorship imme- diately thereafter by the ...
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... many of the necessity of coolness in the commander , and perfect discipline among the men . See " Theory of War , " page 240 . It is remarkable that the manoeuvre which turned the battle 192 OBS . CAMPAIGNS OF HANNIBAL .
... many of the necessity of coolness in the commander , and perfect discipline among the men . See " Theory of War , " page 240 . It is remarkable that the manoeuvre which turned the battle 192 OBS . CAMPAIGNS OF HANNIBAL .
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